LOT 3487
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙANOC ΑΔΡΙΑNOC ϹЄΒ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Agathodaemon serpent, crowned with pschent, erect to right, coiled around caduceus; L Δ (date) to upper left field. For a similar specimen cf. RPC III, 5194; otherwise unpublished. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished with this obverse legend.(13.49gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Titus with Agrippa II AE 10 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 30 (AD 78/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AYTOKP TITΩ [KAICAP CEBACTΩ], laureate head to right / ETOY Λ BA AΓPI-ΠΠA, Tyche-Demeter standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II 2294; Meshorer 50. 15.45gr, 27mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian AE 23mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Struck circa 83 CE. Judaea Capta issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DOMITIANVS CAES AVG GERM[ANICVS IMP], laureate head to left / Athena-Minerva standing to left, supporting trophy and holding spear and shield. RPC II, 2305; Hendin GBC 6, 6482; Hendin GBC 5, 1455; TJC 392; Sofaer 27-9. 8.03gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 225/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A KAI MA AVP CЄV AΛЄZANΔPOC [ЄV], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left, on garlanded lectisternium, wearing kalathos and holding rudder; L Є (date) in upper field. RPC VI Online 10306; Dattari 4384; Emmett 3140. 10.57gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
